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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies

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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

A single fruit fly hitches a ride into your home via the farmer’s market or grocery store and within a few days, it feels like an infestation! I’ve seen all kinds of cute products for sale at the store, promising to bust those little buggers. But why pay when you already have what you need to send those pesky pests packing?

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

Supplies: small glass jar, plastic wrap. apple cider vinegar, a rubber band and a pencil.
How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

First, fill up the jar about 3/4 with the apple cider vinegar.

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

Second, pull the plastic wrap tightly over the glass.

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

Secure with a rubber band (you don’t want those flies escaping!)

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

Next, using the tip of a pencil, poke about a dozen holes in the plastic wrap. Make sure any fruit or other food is off the counter. Place your jar where you’ve seen some fly action.

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

This photo was taken exactly ten minutes after I left the jar out on the kitchen counter– it was already attracting all kinds of “customers.” The flies will hang around the outside of the jar and then they’ll burrow in the holes in the plastic wrap– and NEVER come out!

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies: Use stuff you already have at home send these pesky pests packing!

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  1. Karen Wood says

    October 9, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    I had to do that for the first time ever this summer. They were coming back out through the holes though so I redid the plastic and just poked tiny slits. They found their way in but not back out with the slits.

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